newbie trying to install and build

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newbie trying to install and build
\ chris kuhlman (27 Mar 2008)
. \ Bill McEnaney (27 Mar 2008)
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Subject:	newbie trying to install and build
Group:	Gcc-help
From:	chris kuhlman
Date:	27 Mar 2008

Hello:

I downloaded gcc-4.3.0 from the gnu site and am trying to install and
build it on a linux cluster with i86 processors.

I tried to find prebuilt binaries but was able to.

So, I am trying to build it from the source. I have read through the
online documentation, but am hoping that default settings will be OK,
because there was a lot I did not understand. gcc versions 3.3.5,
3.4.3; 4.0.1-4.0.3, up to 4.1.0 are already on the machine, so I figured
that I could build from one of those.

However, I look in the gcc-4.3.0 directory and I type "make" and I get:
make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop.

There is a configure script and I ran that. However, in general, I am
looking for instructions on how to proceed. I could not find explicit
instruction for doing the build within gcc and the URL:
http://gcc.gnu.org/install/

What am I doing wrong?

I am most grateful.
ck